Saturday Snippet- Worth Wait & Ada's Texas Cavalryman

 The following snippet is taken from Worth the Wait by Patricia PacJac Carroll, one of nine novellas in the Under a Mulberry Moon anthology:

          Disgusted with the rundown ranch, Charlie dismounted and walked his horse to the remnants of the corral on the side of the hut.

          “I thought maybe you weren’t coming.” Startled, he looked up. How had he missed her? Lucky for him the war was over and she wasn’t a Johnny Reb, or he’d be needing a grave. The woman must have come out of the soddy, but mostly, he noticed the rifle angling down her arm to her legs. She raised the gun level with his chest. “Charlie Ransom?”

          He nodded, tearing his gaze from the gun to her face. “Ruby?” She wasn’t bad looking. He certainly could have done worse.

          She smiled. “I told you I was coming. I stopped in Duston, and they told me how to get to here.” She waved a hand at the hut and corral. “Hope you didn’t pay much. Soddy can be fixed, but it’s going to take some doing.”

          “I’d hoped to have it ready before you came. Wrote to tell you to wait—”

          “I’ve been waiting all my life to be married. Grant’s army couldn’t have stopped me.” She stared at him. “You haven’t changed your mind?”

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Also featured from Under a Mulberry Moon is a snippet from Ada and the Texas Cavalryman by Carra Copelin:

          “Don't you want to know if I'm all right?”

          She stopped and glanced over her shoulder at him. "I'm sorry, what?"

          “I seem to have whacked me head on the solid wood planks when you knocked me over. I thought you might want to make sure I don't have a concussion.”

          “But I..." she stammered, wishing with her entire being that he would leave her alone, the scoundrel. 

          “I do believe I have a knock on me noggin'.” He removed his hat and rubbed the back of his head with his fingers. Leaning forward he said, "If ye'll just touch this, right here?"

          She pulled her hand out of his reach. He was either daft or fishing for attention. He suddenly oozed charm and his conversation dripped with an Irish brogue. While she had tried to ignore him, she admitted he possessed a certain appeal. Against her better judgement, she asked, “Would a cup of coffee and one of Maude’s cinnamon rolls make you feel better?”

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Both these delightful stories may be found in
Under a Mulberry Moon 
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